| THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF URBAN POOR CHURCHPLANTING | ||||
| Lectures will be taken from among the following titles. The selection will be determined after interaction with the first day's class. | ||||
| Topic | Required Readings | Supplementary Readings | Activity/ Handouts (to be reviewed) | |
| Each day will include stories from class members, and a focus on
context, theology and practice. These readings are meant to assist not burden you down. All readings are on the CD |
Browse means rapid browse of headings, titles, key ideas, not read
in detail or you will never sleep Read means read quickly and put entry into log |
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| Pre-Course | Browse Viv, Companion to the Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004,
(on CD) or Grigg, Viv Cry of the Urban Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004 . (on CD) Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003). Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. |
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| First Saturday | ||||
| 1 | Introduction to Course |
Davey, C. J. (1960). Kagawa of Japan. Across the Death-Line. London, Camelot Press: 56-69. |
Expectations of Course Profile |
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| 2 | The Frontier That Moved! |
Cry chap 1 | Grigg Viv, Squatters, URBAN MISSION, Vol.6/ no.5 May, 1989, pp 41-50. |
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From Genesis to Revelations: Kingdom as Framework |
Snyder, H. (1985). The Age of Jubilee. A Kingdom Manifesto: 68-76. | Start reading log |
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| 4 | Kingdom, Society and Holism; Kingdom and Mission Discussion of Assignment 1 |
Myers, Bryant (1999) Walking with the Poor, New York, NY: Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 46-56 | Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003). Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. |
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Set up weekend visit to slum community |
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| First Sunday
Monday |
If not yet done, attend a poor people's church service. Report second day of class | |||
| 5 | Proclamation as Kingdom Focus Among the Poor
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Cry, chaps 9,10,11 |
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| 6 | The Four Seasons of Growth: Poor People's Ecclesiology Discipling Structures for Squatter Churches |
Cry chap 13 |
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*Hand in report on Squatter Church Worship Service |
| 7 | Causes of Poverty or Sociological Analysis of Poverty in the Slums Who are the poor of your city? or The Urban Context: Nature of Urbanization Theories of Slum Emergence (These topic may be integrated with one of the other courses) |
Cry chap 3
Cry chap 4 |
Cry chap 2,5 Browse Child of the Dark, Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus Gunnar Myrdal, Asian Drama de
Soto, H. (1989a). Informal Housing (J. Abbott, Trans.), The Other Path (pp. 17-57). New York:
Harper & Row. |
*Find one analysis of who are the poor in the city. Contribute it to the integrated report of the class. |
| 8 | Who Are the Poor? Biblical Reflections on Causes and Responses to Poverty |
Companion chap 3 |
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| 9 | Developing a Work Plan for Evangelism |
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| Tuesday | ||||
| 10 | Church Growth in the Slums: The Church in the Slums |
Cry chap 6,7
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Browse Part 1 , Schwartz, Christian A. (2003). Natural Church Development. D-25924 Emmesbull, Germany: C & P Publishing. | Pass in topic for assignment 1 |
| 11 | The Four Seasons of
Growth II: Analysing Case Studies, Initial Design of a Workplan |
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| 12 | Developing a Work Plan for Each Season of Growth. Discussion of Assignment 2 |
Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally;
A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. The Believers Congregated. Grand
Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301.
Phillips, K. (1996). Out of Ashes. The Middle Years: Christian Nurture. Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94. |
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| 13 | Squatter Culture and the Church Anthropology of Squatter Churches |
Cry 15, 16. Lewis, Oscar (1966). "The Culture of Poverty." Scientific American, 215(4), 3-9. |
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| 14 | Theologies of Incarnation
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Prior to Class read The Story of Zachery Baumkletterer Browse the Incarnation case studies on the CD |
*Rewrite with your spouse your version of the Lifestyles and Values of Servants (do 3 sections that are most useful for you) | |
| 15 | Practical Issues in Incarnation | Brewster, E. T. B. E. S. (1982). Bonding and the Missionary Task. Pasadena, CA, Lingua House. | ||
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| 16 | The Poor and Poverty a.In the Message of Jesus b. In the Church of 1st Century |
Browse Julio de Santa Ana, Good News for the Poor |
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| 17 | Intro to reaching Gangs, Drug Addicts and Prostitutes in the Slum Church 12 Steps Intro to Reaching Street Children |
Eding, G. F. (1988). Drug Addiction and Prostitution, Urban
Ministry in Asia (Vol. 198-207): Asia Theological Association Patricia Green, Impact of Sexual Exploitation on Children. In Kilbourn & McDermid, Sexually Exploited Children |
Pass in reading log
Pray through the twelve steps with your husband or wife concerning sin in your own life. |
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| 18 | Pastoring the Poor |
Cry 14 | Browse Ellison and Maynard, Healing the City | |
| 19 | Squatter Economics |
Browse Santos, Milton. (1979). The Shared Space (trans from Portuguese, C. Gerry, Trans.). London and New York: Methuen. |
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| 20 | Intro to HIV/AIDS care Intro to Developing Slum Schools |
Foster, G. (1998). HIV and AIDS: Orphans and Sexual Vulnerability. Sexually Exploited Children; Working to Protect and Heal. P. K. M. McDermid. Monrovia, CA, MARC: 216-232. |
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| 21 | Kingdom Economics: Old Testament | Snyder, H. (1985). The Age of Jubilee. A Kingdom Manifesto: 68-76. | ||
| 22 | Historical Responses by the Church to the Urban Poor |
de Santa Ana, J. (1977). Good News to the Poor. Geneva: WCC. |
Tomorrow pass in topic for assignment 3 with headings, and intro paragraph | |
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| 23 | Developing a Work Plan III: Teaching Content | Phillips, K. (1996). The Middle Years: Christian Nurture. Out of Ashes. Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94. | ||
| 24 | Pioneer Pastoring |
Cry chap 14 | Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally;
A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. The Believers Congregated. Grand
Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301. |
In preparation for Friday exam, write up an outline of a strategy for churchplanting in the slums |
| 25 | Diaconal Growth: Dealing with Poverty |
Browse William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out |
Pass in reading log | |
| 26 | When You Have No Money: Cooperative Economics: Implications for Slum Churches |
Read Kagawa, Toyohiko, Brotherhood Economics Read Companion chap 6 |
Creating Jobs, New Businesses Offer Hope for Poor Families, paper by Kenneth MacHarg |
Setting the Economic Captives Free: Survey of Economic Production of Congregation and Community |
| 27 | The Role of the Rich Church in Dealing with Poverty Sahaara Video: Holistic Churchplanting in Mumbai |
Cry 21 | 1 Page outline of steps you feel you can take to bring a rich church in contact with the poor. | |
| 28 | Leadership for Multiplying Movements |
Cry chap 17,18,19 | Breen, Mike, (2002). Fivefold Ministries. In The Apostle's Notebook. Eastbourne, England. Garrison, D. (2004). What does the Bible Say? Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian, VA, WIGTake Resources: 199-219. |
Optional: go through Breen's gift analysis |
| Friday | ||||
| 29 | Class Presentations 1 | |||
| 30 | Theologies of Community Development Church Community Development Practice. |
Companion chap 9,10
Cry chap 20 |
Browse
Paulo Friere, (1986). Pedagogy of the Oppressed (M. B. Ramos, Trans.). New York:
Continuum. or Browse Hanks, Thomas. (1984). Basic Old Testament Vocabulary of Oppression. God So Loved the Third World. Maryknoll, Orbis Books. |
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| 31 | Development of a Plan for training a team. Discussion of Assignment 3. | Identify 5-8 people to train. | ||
| 32 | Development of Leaders Based on Spiritual Gifting |
Cry 18 | ||
| 33 | Theologies of Suffering |
Browse Elsa Tamez Bible of the Oppressed | ||
| 34 | Grigg, Viv, 2006, Biblical Reflection on Land
and Land Rights, Auckland, Urban Leadership Foundation. Companion 11 |
Browse Land Rights Reader Browse Hollnsteiner, Community Organization Among the Rural Poor |
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| 35 | Additional Topic | |||
| Saturday | ||||
| 36 | Class Presentations 2 | |||
| 37 | Final Exam |
Done in class |
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| 38-39 | Integration/Evaluation/Prayer |
Evaluation discussion and fill in form |
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| Post class | Ongoing practical work and assignments | Papers and final reading log due dates: ____ pass in to registrar. | ||
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